Events archive

Alexander Cooley is the Claire Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and Director of Columbia University's Harriman Institute (2016-18). He also serves on Columbia University's Tenure... Read more

[Event funded by the Antonian Fund and the MEC​] About the speakers: Dr Roham Alvandi is Associate Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is... Read more

This conference looks forward to Colombia’s post-conflict era and asks what sort of challenges are to be expected. Specifically, presentations will focus on politics, equitable development, and... Read more

Followed by Q&A with the Director - Mary Jirmanus Saba [Co-sponsored by the Centre for Lebanese Studies] SYNOPSIS A car with a loudspeaker on its roof is driving through southern Lebanon. The old... Read more

Book launch: Taken for a Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Matteo Rizzo, SOAS, Department of... Read more

Angel Smith is Reader in Modern Spanish history at the University of Leeds. His major monographs are Anarchism, Revolution and Reaction: Catalan Labour and the Crisis of the Spanish State, 1898-1923... Read more

Guisell Morales is the Ambassador of Nicaragua in the United Kingdom (since 2015) and Ireland (since 2016). He arrived to the UK in 2012 as Chargée d’Affaires. Previously to that, she had developed... Read more

[Co-sponsored by the Centre for Lebanese Studies] Interest in social movements in the Arab World piqued following the so-called Arab Spring and heralded a series of publications, some of which... Read more

Why Peru does not graduate: the elusive transition from growth to development Julio Guzman was a presidential candidate in 2016 whose candidacy was finally blocked owing to a technical deficiency... Read more

This film, Nine Years of Displacement, deals with the aftermath of the Georgian-Russian War of 2008. It takes a close look at the Tserovani Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Settlement, and how... Read more

About the author: Dr. Phil. Sarah El-Richani is visiting fellow at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford and from January 2018, Assistant Professor at the... Read more